Title_II wrote:If you carry a fun in Australia you will go to jail.
aaronjo wrote:Until some hardened criminal off his face on the current illicit substance of the month decides to break into your home, threatening the safety of your family and you know that you're not supposed to access your firearm to defend yourself, what then?
anthillinside wrote:LAFO’s are under represented in crime figures by (insert number here)%
If you own a firearms license you are (xxx)% less likely to commit a crime (or suffer from chronic neck pain)
aaronjo wrote:Until some hardened criminal off his face on the current illicit substance of the month decides to break into your home, threatening the safety of your family and you know that you're not supposed to access your firearm to defend yourself, what then?
Crimes act 1900 sect 418
418 Self defence when available
1.A person is not criminally responsible for an offence if the person carries out the conduct constituting the offence in self defence.
http://www5.austlii.edu.au/au/legis/nsw ... /s418.html
happyhunter wrote:Spotlighting off roads, poaching, tresspass, breaching the firearms act, and illegal shooting of native wildlife might be some of the crimes committed by a percentage of licenced gun owners.
Title_II wrote:If you carry a fun in Australia you will go to jail.
deye243 wrote:i will tell you now it is in there best interest to leave me alone with a license
and not to take it from me for absolutely no reason it is the only thin that keeps
me in line .
Title_II wrote:If you carry a fun in Australia you will go to jail.
Heckler303 wrote:happyhunter wrote:Spotlighting off roads, poaching, tresspass, breaching the firearms act, and illegal shooting of native wildlife might be some of the crimes committed by a percentage of licenced gun owners.
Sure, its possible for them to do that sort of thing, but most of the time they don't realise that they would be breaking a law by doing so.
My main question was have any of the 800,000 LAFOs use their firearm to go on rampages, shootings, e.t.c for the past 20 years? I keep finding zilch results on that one.
Title_II wrote:deye243 wrote:i will tell you now it is in there best interest to leave me alone with a license
and not to take it from me for absolutely no reason it is the only thin that keeps
me in line .
I have a friend that I have known for many years. Most decent, honorable, responsible person I've ever met. I've seen him under stress and under threat and he has the demeanor of a Lt. Col.
A few years ago he said to, me, "Well, you didn't know me before I started carrying."
Apparently he was a real bruiser and took no sh**. I was stunned to learn this. He still takes no Sh**, but does it civilly now. He told me that once he started carrying he realized those days were over. And within a year or so he grew up and put away childish things.
Title_II wrote:He still takes no Sh**, but does it civilly now.
Page 14 on document-
Cause of death in homicide incidents-
Stab wounds- 114 victims
Beatings -64 victims
Gunshot wounds- 30 victims
Strangulation/suffocation-18 victims
Other eg hit by car- 13 victims
Page 31
Conclusion-
*firearm involvement in homicide increased slightly (12%,up from 9% in previous year),however firearm involvement still remains at an historical low.
The majority of firearms used in homicides were unregistered and/or unlicensed
http://www.aic.gov.au/media_library/pub ... 3/mr13.pdf
aaronjo wrote:I just find it weird that that considering the majority of gun crime is done by ppl who have acquired guns illegally how they can believe that by stopping LAFO's and the sale of ALL guns will affect that number?